Due to Trump administration policies, upwards of 6,000 children were held at the Texas facility over its lifetime. It was the largest migrant child shelter in the country.
Portraits of Venezuelan migrants and refugees are displayed in Bogota, Colombia, as part of worldwide demonstrations in support of dignity for migrants for International Migrants Day on December 18th, 2018.
A federal judge in San Francisco has issued an injunction against the Trump administration, temporarily suspending the administration's policy of denying asylum to migrants caught crossing the southern border illegally.
The policy doesn't work when migrants are fleeing for their lives.
Michelle Bachelet's bold speech condemned the Trump administration's family separation policy along with other human rights abuses.
A policeman takes fingerprints of a Venezuelan migrant as a group of migrants wait to apply for resident visas or temporary stay permits at an Interpol facility in Lima, Peru, on August 29th, 2018.
It's in times of tragedy and shame that I miss Fred Rogers the most.
The rhetoric of civility and civilization continue to serve as cover for barbaric policy.
The announcement follows last week's ruling, which ordered the Trump administration to reunite families by July 26th.